2008/11/6 Colin Nicol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi Colin,
> Hello folks. Just got round to trying to use Quackle, and so joined > this group. I am having some problems. How do I get it to play CSW, > when I go into 'settings' I appear to have very few options, none of In the settings tab, you can set the Lexicon to cswapr07. > which is to change dictionary. Is there any less gifted automated > players to play against? Also I would like to run through real life There isn't really a concept of levels in Quackle. It always plays as well as it can. However, when starting a new game, you can choose to play against the speedy player. In this mode, Quackle will make moves based on static evaluation of the score and rack leave, and will not do any simulation (as opposed to the championship players, which take time to perform simulations, and make better moves). The speedy player still kicks ass though. > games to see what I missed, I have managed this but it was all a bit > clumsy. Is there an instruction manual anywhere? If you want to recreate a game, move by move, then start a new game and set both players to human. If you don't know the racks of the opponent, set that player to "human with unknown racks". Then start the game. When it is your turn, edit the rack that Quackle has given you. Delete the letters, set them to what your rack was, and then use the "generate choices" button to see a small selection of top moves. You can click on the "simulate" button to perform simulations. If the move you made in the actual game is not in the list of suggested moved, you can enter that move in the "move" box above the board, and commit it. When it is your opponent's turn, just make your opponent's play on the board. Quackle will warn that you're using letters that aren't on the rack. Ignore the warning, and proceed. This should be enough to get you started. Try it out, and see how you get on. When you've had some practice, and you still have questions, then search through the archives to see if your question has already been answered before. If you can't find and answer, then post a detailed and descriptive question to this list, and hopefully, someone who knows the answer will be able to help you. Anand
